Picture of author.

Elaine Viets

Author of Shop Till You Drop

56+ Works 4,141 Members 123 Reviews 10 Favorited

About the Author

Before becoming a full-time author, Elaine Viets worked in the field of journalism. She is the author of the Dead-End Job Mystery series; the Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series; and the Francesca Vierling Mystery series. Her short story Wedding Knife, which appeared in Chesapeake Crimes, won both show more the Agatha and the Anthony Awards. Viets resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Eye on Books

Series

Works by Elaine Viets

Shop Till You Drop (2003) 438 copies, 15 reviews
Murder Between the Covers (2003) 323 copies, 6 reviews
Dying to Call You (2004) 267 copies, 5 reviews
Dying in Style (2005) 258 copies, 9 reviews
Murder Unleashed (2006) 240 copies, 3 reviews
Just Murdered (2005) 237 copies, 3 reviews
Murder with Reservations (2007) 227 copies, 5 reviews
Clubbed to Death (2008) 185 copies, 4 reviews
High Heels Are Murder (2006) 177 copies, 2 reviews
Accessory to Murder (2007) 160 copies, 2 reviews
Killer Cuts (2009) 145 copies, 4 reviews
Murder with All the Trimmings (2008) 129 copies, 2 reviews
Half-Price Homicide (2010) 114 copies, 5 reviews
Pumped For Murder (2011) 93 copies, 5 reviews
Final Sail (2012) 90 copies, 4 reviews
The Fashion Hound Murders (2009) 89 copies
Checked Out (2015) 83 copies, 4 reviews
Catnapped! (2014) 78 copies, 7 reviews
Board Stiff (2013) 78 copies, 5 reviews
An Uplifting Murder (2010) 72 copies, 2 reviews
Death on a Platter (2011) 67 copies, 4 reviews
The Art of Murder (2016) 66 copies, 3 reviews
BackStab (1997) 52 copies
The Pink Flamingo Murders (1999) 52 copies, 4 reviews
Murder Is a Piece of Cake (2012) 52 copies, 3 reviews
Fixing to Die (2013) 41 copies, 3 reviews
Brain Storm (2016) 36 copies, 4 reviews
Rubout (1998) 35 copies, 2 reviews
A Dog Gone Murder (2014) 35 copies, 3 reviews
Doc in the Box (2000) 29 copies, 1 review
Fire and Ashes (2017) 25 copies, 2 reviews
A Star Is Dead (2020) 12 copies
Killer Blonde (2014) 11 copies, 1 review
Ice Blonde (2018) 10 copies
Death Grip (2021) 7 copies
Deal With the Devil (2018) 5 copies
Censored Viets (1998) 2 copies

Associated Works

Many Bloody Returns: Tales of Birthdays With Bite (2007) — Contributor — 1,426 copies, 41 reviews
Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side (2010) — Contributor — 335 copies, 11 reviews
Drop-Dead Blonde (Anthology 4-in-1) (2005) — Contributor — 117 copies, 2 reviews
The Customer Is Always Wrong: The Retail Chronicles (2008) — Contributor — 105 copies, 11 reviews
Blood on Their Hands (2003) — Contributor — 46 copies, 1 review
Chesapeake Crimes (2004) — Contributor — 36 copies, 2 reviews
Vampires in Love: Stories with a Bite (2010) — Contributor — 30 copies, 1 review
Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey (2014) — Contributor — 17 copies, 1 review
Happy Homicides 2: Thirteen Cozy Mysteries (2016) — Contributor — 15 copies, 3 reviews
Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder! (2012) — Foreword — 12 copies
Malice Domestic 12: Mystery Most Historical (2017) — Contributor — 12 copies

Tagged

Common Knowledge

Birthdate
1950
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Places of residence
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Members

Reviews

Dying in style was entertaining, and quite light for a murder mystery, an appropriate read for any age level, only possible trigger would be if you have a loved one that passed away who was murdered.
 
Flagged
thebacklistbook | 8 other reviews | Jul 31, 2024 |
Great idea for a book title each short story from a Jimmy Buffett song title.
Some of the stories are better than others Truck stop salvation, and Smart Woman in a Really Short Skirt, were both great. And some stories also stick to the storyline or loosely to what the song is about
Pascagoula Run and Who’s the Blonde Stranger.
Anyway a fun easy read.
 
Flagged
zmagic69 | Mar 31, 2023 |
When I read the Dead End Job mystery series, I feel like I've taken a mini-vacation to south Florida. This was especially enjoyable during a recent stretch of bitter cold winter days. In Catnapped! Helen and Phil suddenly have two crimes to solve. The clock starts ticking on the chance to solve a murder. And there are lots of cats.
 
Flagged
Catherine_Dilts | 6 other reviews | Feb 25, 2022 |
I'm not a big mystery lover, but this was closer to a cozy chick lit mystery rather than a hard boiled mystery.

After reading this book, I'm considering reading another mystery either a dead-end job mystery or a Sarah Stohmeyer mystery.
 
Flagged
AngelaLam | 14 other reviews | Feb 8, 2022 |

Lists

Awards

You May Also Like

Associated Authors

Statistics

Works
56
Also by
11
Members
4,141
Popularity
#6,080
Rating
½ 3.6
Reviews
123
ISBNs
209
Favorited
10

Charts & Graphs